The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

By: Katarina Bivald

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham, Lorelei King

A debut novel to charm all readers, that shows beyond all doubt that it's books, along with love, that make the world go round.
It all began with a correspondence between two quite different women: 28-year-old Sara from Haninge, Sweden, and 65-year-old Amy from the small town of Broken Wheel, Iowa. After years of exchanging books, letters and thoughts on the meaning of literature and life, Sara, mousy, disheveled, who has never been anywhere in her life--has really lived only for her work in a beloved bookshop, which has just closed its doors for the last time--bravely decides to accept her unknown friend's invitation to visit. But when she arrives, she finds her house empty, the funeral guests just heading home. . .
Sara finds herself alone. And what choice do the inhabitants of Broken Wheel have but to take care of their bewildered tourist? And what choice does Sara have, faced with a town where nobody reads and her desire to honour her friend, but to set up the perfect bookshop with all the books she and Amy shared--from Yann Martel's Life of Pi to Iris Murdoch and Jo Nesbo, to Bridget Jones and Doug Coupland's All Families Are Psychotic to Little House on the Prairie? And then watch as the townsfolk are, one by one, transformed in unexpected ways. . .
In the glorious tradition of 84 Charing Cross Road, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, Will Schwalbe's The End of Your Life Book Club, Jane Austen, and movies such as You've Got Mail and Love Actually, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is a big-hearted, witty book about books, friendship, love--and always being open to the unexpected.

Wonderful sweet funny story

Delightful story - well read. I do wish the British narrator realized that folks in Iowa do not speak with Southern accents, but that is a minor complaint

Wonderful New author

Would you consider the audio edition of The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend to be better than the print version?

yes

What other book might you compare The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend to and why?

All Girl Filling Station

Which character – as performed by Fiona Hardingham and Lorelei King – was your favorite?

obviously Sara

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The entire book was moving and delightful

Any additional comments?

would suggest it to anyone it was wonderful

Nice Easy story

I enjoyed the story, a little predictable but still good! I thought the southern accents a little steep for Iowa but still enjoyed the pleasant story. Lovely happy ending...

Sweet but predictable

This book was selected for our book club reading. It was certainly fun and interesting however, it was quite predictable as to what was going to happen in the end, but it was still a nice story.

Uplifting book

So enjoyed. Sometimes made me laugh and mostly made me smile. Excellent narration and unlikely but very enjoyable storyline